"It is better to fail aiming high than to
succeed aiming low. And we of Spurs have
set our sights very high, so high in fact that
even failure will have in it an echo of glory."
Bill Nicholson. SPURS

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Team news

According to well placed sources around the forums (FTL and COYS) the team is very similar to the one that beat Chelsea. Chimbonda is injured so Lee will come in at right back with the usual suspects along the rest of the back four. Jenas and Zokora take the middle positions with Lennon and Ghaly as wide men. In recent games they have swapped position to good effect and I expect that to happen again. Up top is Berbatov and Keane, meaning Defoe sits on the bench again.

After last weekends return to normal service, where the chavs were beaten, it is important we push on. A win here puts up top six or so and means the run of form we are getting into is starting to pay dividends after a poor start. A defeat just won't do as it will leave us languishing in mid table and we would have thrown away another chance of making up lost ground. We need to be at the shit or it will cost us in May.

Other news means we have a fantastic cup draw - Southend at home while the scum have to travel away to pool and the chavs go to the geordies. I know what results I want from those two games.

I hope the chimbonda absence will not give us problems.Not that Lee is rubbish.We know the pressure having to step in after not playing for some time.Its even harder at our kind of club where chances are far and few.

I thought putting Ghaly at right back might be one option but I don't think Jol would do that.

It a must win game....in fact after the poor start we have the only way to salvage something this season in the league is to reverse that trend by going on a superb run of 5 to 6 matches.

If we win tonight , we are only 3 points behind 3rd place...The cups are only a diversion and the league is where the men are separated from the boys.Bolton and Portsmorth have slipped up.I got a feeling Villa is going to have a hard patch eventually.

The showmEn from emirates stadium could be stopped if you use the right tactics and Liverpool is none too convincing.

i agree keane was very effective against chelsea, but that was in a five man midfield and against a team that was willing to attack. I think keane on the left in a 4 4 2 could be a different propersition. i do like your thinking though. Defoe has his doubters but he is very much a centre forward. Myabe if was disciplined and allowed to stay there players would find him instead of him chasing after the ball!!